a professor of international politics at the university of kent joins us. have heard a lot of strong words and a lot of actions taken. do you think any of this will make any difference to the situation regarding the safety of this journalist and the conduct of belarus and its president? >> what we see clearly is that president lukashenko shows no regard for international law or norms and european values. previously, we saw he cap domestic issues within the rder of the country. putting many people's lives at risk, with about 45,000 people now being detained, beaten, tortured, as we could see in the case of roman protasevich. now, he is lashing out inteationally. this is precisely the point where the international community could really coordinate its response in order to make sure that things are now in the open in order to respond respectively and adequately. >> in terms of how look at schenkel now behaves -- president lukashenko now behaves, he pointed out there is a disregard for the eu and european points of view and conduct, but isn't that his position a

dave matthew goodwin that from the university of kent. tropical cyclone yas, has made land for india's east coast, has hit the states of edition and westbank goal. more than 2000000 people have been moved to safety. tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed by winds. gusting up to 155 kilometers an hour. heavy rain, of course, to be a flooding in several regions. it's the 2nd side klune hit india. and just over a week, last week, a cycle and hit india's western coast, killing more than $140.00 people more from elizabeth per item and new delhi, she says, psych current is complicating the countries cobra 19 essence. well, they have been a lot of preparations in place of the last few days, and that is because edition and westbank goals are unfortunately no changes to sy clone. there be more than 2000000 people who've been evacuated from low lying areas to shelters 5 on the mainland full on wednesday morning on dishes closed. and so father being wind speeds of 142155 kilometers reported. the army has had to launch a rescue operation already for about 32 people who have been stranded a

a researcher on the labor market and director of the welfare state research cluster at the university of kent in the u.k. he welcome back to counting the cost is this a fad or is there a genuine momentum here that will introduce it and keep it i guess becoming part of the status quo of how we work i don't think this is a fad i think after expression depend on make a lot of countries as well as companies are seeing the benefits of having shorter hours not only because of the productivity issues that you've mentioned but about worker retention recruitment as well as kind of addressing some of the societal costs of long hours work such as mental health issues burn out etc and increasingly we are seeing movements from across the road to really get this movement at a national level even but capping the working week at 35 hours as the legislation stands in france is different to working from home you know so this is being spun i guess by employers or by big companies are saying this is actually a good thing for employees mental health but sometimes a lot of people don't actually like working from h

we can go to professor matthew goodwin, from the university of kent and kelly beaver — the universityr word, sleaze and the probity of the prime minister in particular _ probity of the prime minister in particular. what we are seeing so far is— particular. what we are seeing so far is that — particular. what we are seeing so far is that hasn't cut through. what are people's preoccupations? the national level _ are people's preoccupations? tt;e: national level context are people's preoccupations? tt9: national level context has are people's preoccupations? t“t9: national level context has shifted are people's preoccupations? tt9 national level context has shifted a lot in the last few months, as has the public mood. in december and january, people were feeling negative, not very optimistic about the economy, their future or the government's performance. but with things like the vaccine programme kicking in very much at tace and the government reopening society again, we have seen a real turning point in public opinion over the last four weeks. what we are seeing playing out in the loca

making >>> most of us know what happened at kent state in 1970 when the national guard opened fire on college students but what many of us don't know is what happened at jackson state university in mississippi just days later. now a half-century after that other deadly college shooting, it's finally being made right. ron allen has more ♪ >> reporter: the jackson state class of 1970 waited 51 years for this moment. finally donning full commencement regalia, most in their 70s, many retired professionals receiving their college diplomas dr. john peoples, now 96, was college president when an outbreak of deadly violence canceled graduation. >> just can't forget the frightening smell of smoke, gunsmoke. >> reporter: may 15th, 1970. after months of clashes between black students and white residents, riot police marched on campus and opened a barrage of gunfire 28 seconds, more than 460 rounds, witnesses said, killing phillip gibbs, 21, a junior pre-law major, and james green, 17, a high school senior just passing through campus on his way home 12 other students wounded. the violence just days after the killing of four kent state university students in ohio during anti-vietnam war p

clearly these kids and their parents are looking for the scholarship to go to miami university, ohio state, kent state. any of. >> bill: i hope they call pick miami of ohio. i have a nephew who is 17 who got vaccinated. a niece who is 15 and did the same thing. they're right in the demographic you talked about. is this the best use of money? >> it is. look, we've looked at different things to do and it has paid off. i know that we've been criticized and i expected that. i expected a lot of criticism. we were the first state to do this and people say it's a waste of money. the real waste, bill, today is for someone to get covid and die from covid at this stage of the pandemic when we clearly have a vaccine that will save lives and prevent someone from getting sick. that's the human tragedy. that's the waste. and if you just talk about number of people going into hospitals, everyone who goes into a hospital who stays any period of time it's a quarter of a million dollars so if we can prevent that from happening it is well worth the money. >> bill: the drawing happened on monday. you announce the first winner to

was aware of the backlash over the role guard troops played in pushing protesters away from the white house in june and in killing four civilians during demonstrations at kent state university in 1970 he wanted to make sure the guard was fully prepared this time >> this isn't a video game where you can move forces with a flick of a thumb or a movie that glosses over logistical challenges in the time required to coordinate and synchronize other entities involved. >> reporter: that didn't satisfy some democrats. >> will you at the very least apologize to the american public for what happened on your watch >> reporter: many questions about january 6th remain unanswered, but congress still hasn't decided whether to appoint a 9/11-style commission to get answers. lester >> pete williams, thank you. >>> a dismal day on wall street. the dow dropping nearly 700 points after consumer prices rose to their highest level in 13 years. stephanie ruhle explains why. >> reporter: as the economy recovers and americans return to work they are noticing something. >> food has gone up a little bit. i noticed that >> gas prices have hurt my pocket food prices going up has hurt my pocket. my whol

he was aware of the backlash over the role guard troops played in pushing protesters away from the white house in june and in killing four civilians in demonstrations at kent state universitynted to make sure the guard was fully prepared at this time. >> this isn't a video game where you can move forces with a thick of a thumb or a movie that glosses over logistical challenges in the time to coordinate other entities involved. >> that didn't satisfy some democrats. >> will you at the very least apologize to the american public for what happened on your watch? >> reporter: many questions remain unanswered about the intelligence leading up to january 6th and the time line of what happened in the capitol siege. they haven't decided whether to appoint a 9/11 commission to get answer jeers hollywood legend felicia rashad has a new gig the emmy nominated actress is dean of howard university's college of fine arts the university called the move a full circle moment and said rashad's passion for the arts and student success makes her a perfect fit for the role. >>> still to come, let the spending spree commence. what americans are opening their wallets for as the pandemic winds do

university of london and says this new variant is yet another reason to accelerate our vaccination programmes. i think it is certainly concerning. if we are seeing combinations of mutations, the so—called kent more transmissible and has a higher ability to escape the vaccines, particularly for people who have only taken windows, that's concerning. to me, it's another stark reminder, and it's that we need another one to show us, this is a global pandemic and unless we achieve control of the virus across the globe, continuing transmission in some places can endanger the response in other countries that have worked hard to achieve elimination, such as vietnam, where they have had almost no cases in very small and breaks over the last year. in the uk, for example, the lack of control of the so—called kent variant that was more transmissible and more fatal and spread across the globe pledged to waves across europe, this is the consequence of living with the virus in many countries was that we have seen rapid adaptation of the virus, with each variant being potentially more transmissible than the last, possibly more fatal, and more variants are able to escape vaccines. and we should expect to see